Ark on the Move (TV series)

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Ark on the Move
Format	Nature documentary
Starring	Gerald Durrell
Narrated by	Gerald Durrell
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer(s)	Paula Quigley
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
First shown in	CBC
Original run	4 January 1982 – 29 March 1982

Ark on the Move was a documentary television miniseries hosted by zoologist Gerald Durrell on location in Madagascar and Mauritius. The series was produced by Canadian company Nielsen-Ferns and aired from January to March 1982 on CBC Television. It was directed by Alastair Brown and produced by Paula Quigley for Nielsen-Ferns, and was a follow-up to the earlier successful series The Stationary Ark. It was a documentary illustrating the work of the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust (now Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) overseas and in the field. It illustrated the ideas of captive breeding and the professional life of a naturalist. The primary target audience were children.

[edit] External links

• Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series: Ark on the Move, accessed 3 October 2006

v • d • e The life and times of Gerald Durrell Institutions associated with Jersey Zoo · Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust · Wildlife Trust · Wildlife Preservation Canada · Mauritian Wildlife Foundation · Madagascar Fauna Group · Programme for Belize · World Land Trust · World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity as an Aid to their Survival Co-conservationists Lee Durrell · David Attenborough · Peter Scott · Jeremy Mallinson · Edward Whitley Expeditions undertaken Argentina · Australia · Belize · Bhutan · Cameroon · India · Madagascar · Malaysia · Mauritius · Mexico · New Zealand · Paraguay · Russia · Sierra Leone Species associations Aye-Aye · Gorilla · Mauritius Kestrel · Pink Pigeon · Pigmy Hog · Rockfowl · St. Lucia Parrot · Volcano Rabbit Books authored The Overloaded Ark · Three Singles to Adventure · The Bafut Beagles · The New Noah · The Drunken Forest · My Family and Other Animals · Encounters with Animals · A Zoo in My Luggage · The Whispering Land · Island Zoo · A Look at Zoos · Menagerie Manor · Two in the Bush · The Donkey Rustlers · Rosie is My Relative · Birds, Beasts and Relatives · Fillets of Plaice · Catch Me a Colobus · Beasts in My Belfry · The Talking Parcel · The Stationary Ark · Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons · The Garden of the Gods · The Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium · The Mockery Bird · Ark on the Move · The Amateur Naturalist · How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist · Durrell in Russia · The Fantastic Flying Journey · The Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure · The Ark's Anniversary · Keeper · Toby the Tortoise · Marrying Off Mother and Other Stories · The Aye-Aye and I · Puppy Tales · The Best of Gerald Durrell Illustrators Ralph Thompson · Edward Mortelmans · Peter Barrett · Graham Percy · Keith West · Cliff Wright Famous TV series Two in the Bush · Catch Me a Colobus · The Garden of the Gods · The Stationary Ark · Ark on the Move · The Amateur Naturalist · Ourselves and Other Animals · Durrell in Russia Notable others Durrell Family · Jacquie Durrell · Lawrence Durrell · Achirimbi II · Theodore Stephanides · Douglas Botting